courtney has been a path-breaker in her career. she was in the first class of a high school that was formed through the merger of two very competitive high schools. and this first class had to create new traditions and bring together folks who had been, at least on the athletic fields, rivals before. and then she went to washington & lee for undergrad where she was in the second class of women. and people used to say she must be a feminist because she raised her hand. so she's been willing to be a path-breaker and has had encouragement from family to do that. when courtney finished she went to yale law school. and she worked with our senate colleagues. the younger senators bennett and coons who were at law school at the same time. she's now worked in the legal profession for 20 years. and the chairman went through some of her experience, including public service experience, serving as a clerk on the fourth circuit. serving in the very prestigious position as a clerk on the supreme court for chief justice rehnquist. as counsel in th

courtney, i asked to bring you into the conversation just to fill in some of the blanks. for example, i was curious as to why with 59 incoming tomahawk missiles they intentionally left both runways alone, apparently, uncratered. what was the gist of that decision? >> well, so the whole idea here is to deter the syrians from taking -- from being able to carry out another chemical weapons attack. they didn't necessarily need to take out the entire base. they needed to take out their capabilities to deliver the chemical weapons a second time so they struck aircraft. they struck the fuel areas, the ways they would refuel those aircraft. they struck some hafrd hardened targets. they struck their air defenses, their ability to take out an kinds of aircraft that would be overhead. they even took out some of their radars that would help with aircraft taking off and landing at the locate. while they didn't disable the entire base they disabled the majority, much of their capability that existed there. >> and courtney, how does it work? i don't mean to sound like i'm being cute abo

courtney, congratulations on your nomination. and i'd like to recognize your husband john -- john, waive your hand there. thank you -- who's in attendance today, and i thank you for the support you give to courtney. courtney, you've served the country with distinction in your previous post at the white house and the department of justice and we appreciate your continued willingness to serve. our goal in conducting this hearing is to enable the committee to consider ms. elwood's qualification and allow for thoughtful deliberation by our members. she's provided substantive written questions -- answers to more than 90 questions presented by the committee and its members. today, of course, members will be able to ask additional questions and to hear from ms. elwood in this open session. courtney comes in front of the committee with a distinguished legal career. after graduating yale law school in 1994, courtney clerked for the u.s. district court of appeals for the fourth circuit after which she went to clerk for chief justice willia

courtney kube, thank you so much. national security producer for nbc there at the pentagon giving us the latest in terms of what we know. i'll just repeat for you if you're just joining us now what we know about north korea and a missile launch that we are just getting information in to msnbc within the last 15 minutes. the u.s. military is aware of a launch. it came from sinpo in the northeastern part of north korea. they are still assessing some of the specifics, type of missile. potentially which way it was directed. the u.s. has also initiated their missile launch conference call to look at the options. to respond to this missile launch and we are waiting potentially for a statement from the region about what has happened. the associated press is reporting, not confirmed by nbc news, that there was a failed unidentified missile test. so we do not know whether it is any one of the three major types that we're aware of in terms of the distance, the size and the payload that they can carry, how they are weaponized. a

courtney's been a path breaker in her career. she was in the first class of a high school in fair fax west potomac high school that was formed through the merger of two very competitive high schools, and this first class had to create new traditions and brings folks that had at least on the athletic field been rivals before. and then the she went to undergrad at lee and people say she must have been a feminist because she raised her hand. so she's been willing to be a path breaker and has had encouragement from family and proefrz do that. when cartny finished at wl, as was mentioned she went to yale law school and she worked with our senate colleagues, the younger senators bennett and koons who were at yale law school the same time she was. she's now worked in the legal provision for profession for 20 years and the chairman went through some of her experience serving as a clerk in the fourth circuit, serving for clerk for chief justice rehnquist, counsel in the white house, the office of vice president, the department of justice,

let's check in with courtney donohoe.ney: president trump and exit the attack in paris will have an effect on the french presidential election sunday. the president tweeted the people of france will not take more of this. a gunman killed a police officer. three other people were wounded and police killed the gunman. islamic state claims responsibility. theresa may says holding an election now would give the country a time of stability and uncertainty through the brexit process. she spoke in a factory. >> i recognize that i will be asking people to put their trust in me as prime minister so i can get the best possible deal for britain. courtney: she also said the election is about leadership, stability, and strengthening the uk's hand with the negotiating table. bashar all aside said he is not considering asking russia to send in troops to help fight islamic state. russia has been providing air cover since 2015. they have not provided boots on the ground. troops might be needed in the future if more terrorists from all of

>> yeah, and it was a huge move today, courtney. the charts, the 200-day moving average comes in $48.90 it was tested and held which means we should go higher from here. to address the disparity and numbers from last night to this morning the api that's released on tuesday night is a voluntary number. the number this morning is mandatory. traders put more number in the stock and that's truer to where the market is. >> very interesting. you're both looking at crude oil going higher from here. head to futuresnow.cnbc. the live show at 1:00 p.m. eastern. the halftime report is back after this. hey gary, what'd you got here? this bad boy is a mobile trading desk so that i can take my trading platform wherever i go. you know that thinkorswim seamlessly syncs across all your devices, right? oh, so my custom studies will go with me? anywhere you want to go! the market's hot! sync your platform on any device with thinkorswim. only at td ameritrade ♪ whoa that's amazing... hey, i'm the internet! i know a bunch of people who would love that.

as courtney said, this wasn't that. this was to perform the kind of mission she talked about and to get some surface explosion as well so no penetrator on this. but it is a very large bomb, and i can see our using these again and again as targets of opportunity crop up. we're now into the fighting season, so we're liable to see lots more targets in eastern afghanistan. >> and the images we're looking at of this bomb on our screens right now are certainly striking. let's bring in general barry mccaffery. general, how significant is it for the trump administration to use such a weapon at this time? >> pretty significant. you know, i was looking at jack jacobs. both of us have spent a lot of time crawling around in the mud with some machine gun hammering by your ears. we love the united states air force. when they use these significant munitions, they have a whole series of them, as jack says. some of them are nuclear development facilities, but something similar has been used since vietnam in a smaller size. they're just

we're going to get the very latest from courtney once can get her hooked up.t while weir waiting for that, and we're waiting for the white house briefing that is scheduled to start in a few minutes now. that comment, of course, creating a fire storm of criticism, and now republican congressman is publicly calling for him to step down. >> he needs to go. because i just don't think she serving the president well. >> spicer has since apologized saying he made a mistake and let the president down. joining us now is nick and sabrina. thank you for being here both of you. nick, spicer was on the apology tour yesterday. he apologized in a robust, earnest way, but what was it enough? >> if he goes, it will be not just that one thing. he has had a hard time with facts and walk backs. i think if he goes because of this one mistake, that he did apologize for, i think it will be the end of a long run of mistakes he has had there. >> he has had the hardest job in washington some would say, other than the president. now we have palace intrigue. steve bannon is being called

colonel and courtney. we'll stay with you both to see how this develops. we want to hear more, we will hear more about this, at today's briefing. the white house briefing with sean spicer. we're expecting questions about the sheer number of apparent flip flops this administration has had in the last 24 to 48 hours. let's get to our reporters and analysts, our chief white house correspondent hallie jackson is in the briefing room waiting for it to start, bill neely is in moscow, steve clemens, msnbc contributor in washington, editor at large for the atlantic and the national journal fill rut ker the bureau chief for "the washington post." i want to start with halle and phil because y will be getting to work quickly on the presser. >> sure. ali, let me take the two topics one at a time. any moment if sean spicer walks in i have to duck down. starting with what courtney and colonel jack were talking about, the white house at this point not commenting about that bomb strike in afghanistan. i just got off the phone with a senior source. the expectation is poten

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: courtney, thank you.g up, time to drain the swamp? the latest on president trump's move to reshape the structure of the federal government? that is up next. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: live from london and new york i am mark barton. vonnie: i am vonnie quinn. this is the european close. president trump ahead of his lead -- meeting with the nato chief, moments ago the white house released actions designed to streamline the structure of the federal government. it starts the president's pledge to "drain the swamp." joining us now, one of our white house reporters. shannon, explain to us what exactly is in this action? >> it is intended to be the start of a campaign promise to "drain the swamp." but like repealing obamacare it might not be an easy -- as easy as the president is anticipating. the first step they are taking is an executive order which is sort of an open call for suggestions about how the government could be reorganized. the head of omb says he wants to start with a fresh, clean slate. a blank pi

. >> hey, courtney, my name is jake!athan: 12-year-old jake arbeen when it nothing more to bring champion paralympic swimmer courtney jordan to his prom. jordan was thrilled to accept. >> it was so sweet and he was so enthusiastic. am.dangly airings, so i jonathan: and he has reason to jump for joy. nancy: what a great story, and courtney has fantastic. jonathan: we have seen this a lot. nancy: will be a great night. speaking of -- did it again.caps how many overtime games can they do? erin: four overtime games so far, but it did not take the caps long to get the job done this time. woman: i have a masurprise for you.are you? man: you have a surprise for me? narrator: at dominion, 1 in 5 new hires is a veteran. and when they're away, they miss out on a lot. but they won't miss out on financial support. because we cover any difference between their military pay and their dominion salary, and continue benefits for them and their families. why do we do it? because our vets sacrifice enough. ♪ stand by me. >> and now the toy

courtney steinhoff/tia de la victima "he's been taken off the breathing machine-l fue desconectado delando la conciencia lentamente y nos escucha hablarle, dijo su tía". la familia afirma que el joven beibolista de la preparatoria san pedro acudio a un partido de beisbol el jueves por la noche. luego se dirigio a la casa de un amigo con uno de sus companeros cuando dos hombres con presunto nexos pandilleriles, lo interceptaron en este callejon sobre la cuadra 900 al oeste de la calle segunda. courtney steinhoff/tia de la victima "they hear one of the suspects-escucharon a uno de los sospechosos preguntarle de que pandilla era y el respondió que de ninguna, relato su tía". fue entonces afirman investigadores del sheriff que los pandilleros le propinaron la brutal golpiza. la victima fue transportada hasta el hospital por un testigo. el incidente ha consternado a la preparatoria san pedro. nelly luna/madre de familia "preocupada, enojada porque como pueden hacerle esto". con el o los agresores profugos la policia escolar reforzo esta manana la seguridad en el plantel. el incidente ha con

vonnie: let's check in on the bloomberg first word news with courtney donohoe.ourtney: in washington, it looks like there will not be a shutdown after all. they voted on a stopgap. the senate is also expected to approve the bill. ofother news, u.s. secretary state rex tillerson once that north korea is pushing the world closer to conflict with its nuclear tests. tillerson is chairing the united nations security council meeting today. >> in light of the growing threat, the time has come for all of us to put new pressure on north korea to abandon its dangerous path. i urge this council to act before north korea does. courtney: still, tillerson says the u.s. does not seek regime change in north korea. trumphington, president plans to expand offshore drilling. today he is going to order the interior department to revise the five-year schedule for auctioning drilling rights. the goal is to open more waters to offshore rigs. the president will also offer a review to avoid a repeat of the deepwater horizon disaster in the gulf of mexico. --opean covenants governments m

courtney: good morning. the senate is taking a procedural vote on judge gorsuch's nomination to the supreme court. if democrats filibuster, to be leaders good invoke the nuclear option to avoid senate rules to end debateotes on highcourt nominees. stick with us for complete coverage of that vote. house intelligence committee chairman devin nunes has recused himself from the investigation into russia and the 2016 election. house investigators are looking into whether he made unauthorized disclosures of classified information. nunes has been cleared -- criticized for sure information with president trump for he showed it to the rest of the committee. the white house is pushing republican house leaders to make last-minute tweaks to their obamacare replacement bill before lawmakers leave for their two-week spring break. paul ryan says there are working on it. >> while we have work to do to get all the way there, we have made real progress this week. that is why we are all here today. courtney: the change to the

and to courtney's point. i mentioned this last week, you're seeing a significant a. supply come on the market on the debt side of financial juices. and this isn't about the fundamentals of financial institutions. this is about capital flows. this is about europe. this is about a ten year in germany that's 31 basis points. that's why the u.s. tenure is trading where it is. and if it trades 225, 235, that might be good enough for the fundamentals and the financial sector to come through the s&p has continued to rally in an environment where ten year yields have been low. they can continue to do so. so i don't think it's a harbinger of something very ominous unless you see some geopolitical shock that takes rates well below where it was in november. >> and that's what this year has been all about. it's been rotation. right? i mean we've talked about this. in january, it was the sickly kl trade, february, defensive trade, march, it was more of the tech trade. so i think, you know, even though rates come down, it doesn't necessarily mean that we have this massive collapse

nbc's courtney cubey is there. courtney, the headline here gets everybody's attention. what do we know in terms of why this particular bomb was used, where it was used, what it was used for, and did it achieve what it hoped to achieve sp. >> so as you mentioned, steve, it's the mother of all bombs. gbu-43. it's not actually the largest bomb that the u.s. military has, but it's the largest one that they've ever employed in combat on the battlefield. we believe this is the first time it's ever been used on the battlefield but the military is still double checking that for us. it's a 21,000 pound bomb. the target here was an isis cave complex in eastern afghanistan in nangarhar province. the complex, itself, was large, but there was also a relatively extensive tunnel system underneath the complex over on the ground. it was a largely sand-built tunnel. so the reason that this munition, this bomb was used, is because it doesn't necessarily penetrate, it's not what they call a bunker buster, but when it strikes a target, it lets off a blast wave or a shockwave, so that wave w

courtney reagan from cnbc. that wraps up this busy morning.you tomorrow at 11:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. eastern. always find me on twitter, facebook, instagram, @alivel @alivelsshi. up next, my good friend, steve kornacki. >>> hi, everybody, live in new york, i'm steve kornacki. this is day t95 of the first 10 days. topping our agenda, is stl going to be a shutdown? >> we're current lly negotiatin. we feel confident they understand the president's priorities and will come to an agreement by the end of friday. >> the big drama this week. friday night, pass the spending bill by then or the government is going to shut down. the qu

courtney, what do we know so far? we don't know much about casualties or whether, this was a remote area, we believe. >> it was. it is a mountainous area near pakistan border. nangarhar province. the compound itself was in a relatively remote area. the u.s. military does as much as they can to limit civilian casualties. they did that. they were hopeful. we don't know about how many isis fighters may have been killed. and to pick up on what kevin was saying about how the war is still raging in afghanistan, he's absolutely right. tuesday military is sending a couple hundred u.s. marines into afghanistan back into helmand province where they fought some of the most bloody and difficult battles of the afghanistan war. several hundred marines will be arriving are in the spring. eastern afghanistan, there is been a problem there with isis for some time. and the u.s. has the authority to conduct strikes. the u.s. has three separate wars they're fighting in afghanistan. the one against taliban which has been ragin sce 2001, a

i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg. shery: courtney, thank you.resident trump has decided not to label china a currency manipulator, shifting to say it is a strong dollar hindering american companies from competing. stephen engle is here with more on that. this is quite a u-turn. but not a surprise. >> they did not meet the criteria set by the u.s. for being a currency manipulator and no president has named china or any country a currency manipulator since 1994. this is probably a lot of bluster, a campaign promise he is backing off on, maybe a bargaining chip he had played. he said he would label china currency manipulator on day one. it is day 80 or 90 now, seems like an eternity. this is what he told the wall street journal, they are not currency manipulators. that is very plain and simple. did not meet the criteria set by the united states. the treasury is expected to release its report soon on global currency practices for the first time under trump. the u.s. has not designated any country currency manipulator since 1994. in october, china an

i want to bring into the consideration, courtney kubie joining us from the pentagon.'ve been doing absolutely yeoman's work and really, really good reporting. you've been ahead of the curve in terms of anticipating these things and describing them. i want to congratulate you and thank you for helping us report this over the last 24 hours. >> thank you. >> one of the things we've had conflicting reports about, courtney, is how much damage was done. we got some sort of hard to read, hard to assess reports from the ground in syria saying not too much damage was done. certainly functioning as an air base. airplanes taking off today. we got counterveiling information saying, no, no, no. the amount of damage and type of damage that was done was exactly what we intended and this worked perfectly. can you thread that for us in terms of giving us an assessment? >> the base itself, the majority of the to the base itself was infrastructure. these strikes were very targeted. they didn't take out the syrian air force as some were calling for yesterday. what they were trying to do

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg markets. mark: thank you very much pick coming up, we will hear from the credit suisse executive. he says that he favors a straight capital increase. more on the strategy next. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in your, i am funny quinn. in london.rk barton we are counting you down to the european close. mark: credit suisse has announced plans. francine lacqua sat down with the chief executive in zurich earlier today. she asked him why he decided to forto the markets before -- $4 billion rather than the ipo in switzerland. action quick please. we think that is something we got right. we always had two to four, as you have heard me talk about. and 2014.-4 million in 2017, refuse, repeal, and the ipo as an option to do that. why? it was something entirely under control. we have not yet proven the value of the work. we feel now that we have accomplished for five quarters. we have been demonstrating the power of the platform and the social wealth management. simpl

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg.ng up, the end coming director of the colombian central-bank joins us next. what is next for their economy. and the latest on steve bannon being removed from the national security council today. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ nejra: live from london and new york, i am nejra cehic. vonnie: i am vonnie quinn and you're watching the european close on the labor market. -- european close on bloomberg markets. later this afternoon in the 1:00 p.m. our. , wide-outy did they -- why today, why now? >> when you look at the question surrounding this administration on foreign policy, including general plan having resigned several -- the general flynn having resigned several weeks ago on his relationship with russia. these conversations are continuing, not only from democrats but republicans on capitol hill with a series of hearings in both of the senate and the house on the president trump campaign officials and whether there was any contact with russia regarding the potential meddling in the previous ele

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg.p, we speak with neil jones, head of fx sales, on why he says the british pound will appreciate. he says the market is in the time of a trump dump. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters, i am vonnie quinn. mark: we are counting you down to the "european close." the french election is this weekend. joining usd trump -- here to pull everything out is neil jones. silly things to talk about. a simple thing right away, the pound-dollar with the 200 day moving average. had a guest earlier who said that in the near-term, it could be a game changer for the sterling at we have upside, don't we? neil: yes. we are in the midst of this right now. the three main factors that help contribute to take us through the average -- one is the trump stump. there is a long-dollar position. the second one is the short position moving away from the euro. -- theitical land political landscape now switches. that is the element ahead of us. that is the potential risk. and out of left

courtney, always good to see you, as well. nbc's kristen welker got president trump to answer a question about that bomb dropped on afghanistan thursday. take a listen. >> i don't know if this sends a message. it doesn't make any difference if it does or not. north korea is a problem. the problem will be taken care of. i will say this, i think china has been working very hard. >> patrick, let me start with you. a lot of folks suspected one of the reasons the trump administration dropped this massive bomb in afghanistan was to send this message to north korea. what do you say to that? and if not north korea, then who else? >> the message really, all the messages are being sent to china right now, because china is the decisive player. they're the ones with influence over north korea. the trump administration has sent mixed messages to china. until the bombing of syria and this recent bomb was dropped in afghanistan, in the chinese media the talk was how trump was a paper tiger. he had raised the one china policy and questioning

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william courtney.een a surge in the use of children as suicide bombers by the west african islamist group, charity workers say they are struggling to locate dozens of children who were evacuated after a migrant camp in northern france was destroyed in a fire. french authorities say the fire at the grande synthe camp, near dunkirk, was started after a fight between migrants over the standard of accommodation. gavin lee reports from the camp. in flames, the last substantial migrant camp in northern france, destroyed by those living here. french authorities had warned of trouble with reports of violence and rape inside and increasing arrivals after the closure of the calaisjungle camp. eyewitnesses say fire started after fighting broke out between groups of afghanis iraqi kurds, blamed on competition for space. this is one of the community kitchens were afghans were sleeping, completely packed one against the others, while the kurdish people had shelters. as more and more afghans arrived, they become more

i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg.vonne: thank you. the boj governor told bloomberg he will continue with very accommodative monetary policy and maintain the current pace of asset purchases for some time to come. inflation rising, will it keep providing stimulus? let's bring in our policy editor kathleen hays. was there anything new, what was the main takeaway? >> inflation is rising slowly, but continues to rise. week beforeng one the bank of japan meets. they will have a policy report, change their forecast on growth, inflation. he is also giving us foreshadowing of what we can expect when we get that information next week. even with a stronger yen, up 7% this year against the dollar, still expects inflation to reach 2% sometime next year. let's see how far the bank of japan have to go on that. what you see is the yellow line, that is the overall year on year inflation rate at 0.3%. you can see this one is above zero. if you go to the white line, fresh food prices, 0.2%, that is far below. it was higher when energy p

i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg.etty: following up on the output numbers from newcrest. more output numbers as well. from thetting word 1.285t producer at million tons. 17y revised their fiscal output mind. they had a mind that underwent a fire -- mine that underwent a fire. guidance, netok coal output. also seeing south african coal output at 30 million tons for fiscal year 2017. those are the two big output numbers we're looking for. we will see how it trades and 45 minutes time. looking ahead, an in-depth look at president trump's tax plan. best selling author ed conrad and a hedge fund manager. decisions at wells fargo. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ betty: this is daybreak asia, i am betty lou in new york. yvonne: and i am yvonne man in hong kong. a big day for central banks. the boj and ecb releasing latest polity decisions. both are expected to stay the course today. investors are looking for any signals from mario draghi on which the ecb might taper stimulus. with japanese inflation below says therget, kuroda boj wil

joining me now to discuss that, branding expert at cnbc's courtney reagan.etting, this is the first one. this direct acknowledgement of what people are seeing in the video saying the customer was removed and talked in a very different language yesterday about that seat and tried to justify it. is that a sponsor do you read the straatement as the stock market news that the stock is down? >> possibly. the ceo of the company has to worry about a lot of things. the stock price and the image and the employees. his first statement was sort of trying to be supportive of his employees saying these are the policies and we followed them and he should have said hey, let's take a look at the policies and make sure we didn't do something wrong. he should have apologized initially as he is finally doing and we did see the stock price head a little bit higher after that third attempt at a statement that came off much more as an apology. this is not snag they will live down quickly. investors paid attention today. >> when are we talk about anding and the value of a brand an

courtney... >> i heard your song, mr. deejay. you have to come off the chain and do it.call from johnny carson as well, he heard the song on the radio and booked her on the show next week. >> carson. well, congratulations. you ever need me, stage 29. i'll be there forever, baby. >> didn't mean any problems, sir. >> you didn't tell me i was doing carson next week. >> that was a negotiation. they overplayed my hand. carson retired two years ago. >> stephen: please welcome back to the show, jennifer hudson! ( cheers and applause ) ( band playing ) >> wow. hi! >> stephen: welcome back. thank you for having me back. >> stephen: i love your outfit. >> do you? >> stephen: not every guest has a cape. >> i get cold easy. so. >> stephen: it is cold here. i have to keep myself warm. it's not just the cape. >> stephen: welcome back. thank you. >> stephen: happy easter. happy easter. >> stephen: you grew up singing gospel in the church, right? >> i did, i did. >> stephen: how did you celebrate easter? >> doing easter speeches in the church. my first solo was on easter sunday in the c

>> courtney, on this u.s. news reporting out there, they are telling us again that the u.s. is prepared to strike should north korea test a nuclear weapon. is there any indication they will be doing so this weekend as part of anniversary celebrations, or is there word they could be backing off? what is the status? >> reporter: so right now u.s. military and intelligence analysts and officials i've spoken with, they're pretty much operating off the assumption that kim jong-un, like his father, frankly, he frequently will do some sort of military show of force on anniversaries. now, this is the biggest anniversary, the biggest holiday in that country. so everyone assumes there will be something that will happen. in addition to that, for the past several weeks now, the military and intelligence officials have been seeing increased activity around one of the nuclear testing sites in north korea. they continue to see some mobile launching, missile launching systems that have been moving around the country, activity around those. so right now we just don't know what's going to hap

i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg.et's get more on president trump and all the issues surrounding him these days, including the removal of the chief strategist, stephen bannon, from the national security council. the shuffling we have been hearing about within his inner circle. bob is joining me, he is the former chairman and ceo of chrysler and home depot. bob, so great to see you. bob: great to be here. betty: we talked about this so many times, with trump here in office, finally a ceo here running the white house, how do you think he has done so far? bob: to be candid, he has mixed reviews. there are things i think he is doing extremely well. the fact that he does of a business orientation and he has reached out and met with union leaders, auto industry, technology, health care etc. is a positive and good thing. we had eight years -- betty: but? bob: i will get to that. that we have had eight years of low, slow growth and almost the heisman against business from the previous administration. reaching out has graded p

. >>> nbc news national security producer courtney in washington for us joining us to follow up on this. any reaction yet from the intel community on russia's doubts that chemical weapons were used? >> despite the fact the u.s. military and u.s. government didn't do any direct independent testing of anything from the site so they could have some conclusive, definitive prove that a nerve agent was used, they cited the world health organization yesterday in a briefing. the u.s. military did. and nbc news was first to report earlier this week that the u.s. military had radar imagery showing a syrian aircraft taking off from that base, that airfield outside of homs and taking off and dropping some sort of a munition in the town. and then within five to ten minutes of that dropping, people on the ground started to show signs of some sort of a nerve agent. and then soon after that, of course, another aircraft came in and struck the hospital where those victims were being treated. what the military would point to with the specific evidence they have from the air that that munition that was dro

retired four star general barry mccaffery, nbc news chief richard engel, courtney can you bey, and traveling in west palm beach, florida. you've been covering that part of the world for such a long time. how much of that statements, essentially north korea saying if trump wants war, he'll get war, how much of that is a real threat? >> oh, i think it's a very real threat. north korea has missiles deployed all along its border. they are pointing at seoul. and if north korea feels that it is being attacked, that its grip on power is being threatened in any way, it will launch those missiles or launch some of those missiles. so, i think the u.s. needs to proceed with a great deal of caution here. if that report is, in fact, accurate and the u.s. plans to launch some sort of preemptive military strike, things could escalate very, very quickly and quite -- in a quite predictable way. north korea feels threatened, it attacks seoul, and then the entire korean peninsula goes up in flames. so, i think it is not a blank threat if they feel threatened >> general, nbc is reporting they are prepared to la

i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: thank you for that. more headlines on wells fargo now. the shareholder meeting, the annual one has been interrupted at least five times at this point by disenfranchised, unhappy shareholders trying to make a point. we have the ceo tim sloan and also the chairman trying to defend wells fargo, saying they are not at the point of reelecting directors to the board so there is no need for people in the audience to give up that point. you will be able to follow along and watch the webcast. sloan saying the entire board is there with more work to do but they are on the right path. and our reporting says the entire board will probably survive a shareholder vote later today. this is bloomberg. ♪ vonnie: live from bloomberg world headquarters in new york i am vonnie quinn. mark: live from london i am mark barton counting you down to the european close working minutes away. let's get to emerging markets. earl are today -- earlier today we spoke to frank when templeton about where he is shifting his money. >> we hav

i am courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: a programming note, all week we will be focused on the global ramifications of the president summit with the chinese president. stay tuned to bloomberg.com or the latest news and analysis on what is at stake when they meet for the first time ever. the big interviews do not stop there, tomorrow at 1:00 p.m. eastern at 6:00 p.m. london time, david gura will have the first exclusive interview with former treasury secretary, jack lew since he left that post. catch that on bloomberg television and radio. this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ vonnie: this is bloomberg markets. time for the bloomberg business flash with the biggest business stories in the news. the european investment firm jab holdings has a great to buy panera bread at $7.5 billion. jab at a great food empire that includes krispy kreme and a coffee roasters. the white house estimates $10 million over 20 years by listening 11 obama era regulations, they plan to use an obscure law that lets congress fast-track review legislation wit

courtney donohoe has more. afghanistan, to american service members have been killed. the pentagon says they were involved in an operation against the islamic state. no other details were released. plenty of questions today about president trump's tax plan. the administration handed out a one-page list of bullet points that authority say will make him the biggest tax cut in history. officials are not say whether the cuts for businesses and individuals would increase a budget deficit. that could determine whether corporate taxes reduction would be temporary. a man arrested near the house of parliament. security has been increased since march 22 after an attacker stabbed a police officer to death inside the gates of parliament. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2600 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i'm courtney donohoe. this is bloomberg. vonnie: coming up, ups tops estimates, but u.s. operating profit is down as the company faces challenges from e-commerce. we talked to the company's cfo rich peretz. this is bloomberg. ♪ mark: live from lond

i am courtney collins, this is bloomberg.umber painting an image of a brightening global economy, better to accommodate tightening. stanley fischer remains optimistic about falling unemployment and rising inflation in europe. china's economy is on more solid footing. let's bring in the fed reporter steve matthews. signal, an optimistic despite the market darling back expectations of future fed rates. you capture that exactly right. it was a very optimistic for trail of how things are going internationally. stan fischer pointed out the downside risk to growth was the lowest it had been in a few years. he said global expansion is more entrenched than it has been in a few years. he went around the itrld and said exit -- brex would cause volatility, but it did not happen. he said european unemployment was lower and inflation moving toward targeting europe and that china was showing solid footing. , which in thisf week raised its global growth forecast for the first time since 2014. it is worth noting that stan fischer's views are

. >>> i'm courtney reagan and here is your cnbc update.y they can't say how many people were killed or injured when a truck ran into a crowd in downtown stockholm. they said they haven't found the driver. the swedish prime minister called it an act of terrorism. senior u.s. officials say the pentagon is looking into whether russia participated in the syrian chemical weapons attack. this as the russian deputy ambassador to the united nations slammed the u.s. for its attack on a syrian air base. >> the aggression by the u.s. has only facilitated the strengthening terrorism. the attack came against syrian armed forces infrastructure and its air force. that is against those who over all these years have been combatting terrorism. >> the senate confirmed neil gorsuch to become the newest justice on the supreme court. three moderate democrats joined the 51 senate republicans to vote in favor of gorsuch who fills the seat vacated by the late justice antonin scalia. that's your cnbc news update this hour. lots going on. tyler, back over to you. >>

will you call the roll call >> moran here, kwon here vietor here, tran courtney here caen care. a quorum is present. >> we have the minutes of the march 28 meeting for any additions or corrections or comments? >> i move the minutes >> second. >> any public comment? seeing none, all those in favor say, aye. [chorus of ayes.] opposed, nay. the item carries. next is opportunity for general public comments. this a chance for people to talk to the commission about rings that are within our jurisdiction but don't have to be on the calendar for the i have one speaker car. mr. bowman, is it? welcome. >> mr. pres., commissioners, general manager, i am chris bowman. i'm a neighborhood activists. i'm speaking about the groundwater project which was addressed at the last meeting, and i know commissioner caen and peter had some questioning, which i thought was very much spot on. when the word came out that in the chronicle last february indeed the city was can be lending groundwater with hetch hetchy water for roughly 60% of the city, i was alarmed by a couple of things in the article. one,

. >>> i'm courtney reagan. here's your cnbc news update at this hour.t trump thanking wounded veterans for their service as we welcomed them to the white house. he praised them as real heroes. >> you've earned our freedom with your sweat and your blood and your incredible sacrifice. we salute you. we salute your service. and we salute the flag you have so courageously protected. >> the kremlin calling the chemical attack in syria a monstrous crime but says there's no objective data to block the u.s. conclusion that the syrian government was responsible. russia is urging the syrian army to ensure chemical weapons fodot fall into the hands of terrorists. >>> iraq says they have had the first incident during the operation to retake the city from the militant group. that's the cnbc news update for this hour. let's get back over to "squawk alley." >> courtney, thank you. it's 11:30. that means markets are closing in the uk and across europe. let's get to michelle caruso-cabrera to see how we finished. >> you can see modest moves in europe. markets getting th

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